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NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 28, 2002
Release # 02-110
BikeE Recall Hotline: (800) 231-3136 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Kim Dulic, (301) 504-7058
CPSC, BikeE Corp. Announce Recall of Recumbent Bicycles
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission, (CPSC), BikeE Corp., of Corvallis, Ore., is voluntarily recalling
about 13,500 BikeE recumbent bicycles. The recumbent seats on these bicycles can
crack and break, causing the seat to come off the frame and resulting in injury
to the rider.
BikeE Corp. has received two reports of seats on these bicycles breaking
while riding, resulting in one injury that included a broken leg.
The recall includes all 1999 through 2001 model BikeE bicycles with 27-
inch-tall seat backs, silver-colored seat frames with black mesh seat backs.
"BikeE" is written on the frame of these bicycles.
BikeE-authorized dealers nationwide sold the recalled recumbent bicycles
from February 1999 through February 2002 for between $550 and $2,150.
Consumers should stop using these bicycles immediately, and contact BikeE
for information on getting a free repair kit. BikeE dealers also have repair
kits available. For more information, call BikeE Corp. at (800) 231-3136 between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.
Recumbent BikeE bicycles with seat backs lower than 27 inches are not
included in this recall. Seats with silver-colored rings around the black
plastic clamps that attach the seat to the frame of the bicycle have been
repaired or are not part of the recall.
CPSC and BikeE announced the recall of 700 recumbent tandem bicycles on
November 14, 2001, because the steerer tube on the front forks could separate.
